Scarlets march on Glasgow

The West Wales region have made only two changes to the side that was victorious over Ospreys at Parc y Scarlets last weekend with Scarlets Academy and Carmarthen Quins hooker Ryan Elias getting his first Guinness PRO12 start and South African prop Jacobie Adriaanse returning at tighthead.

Scarlets are without six experienced front row players in Phil John, Ken Owens, Emyr Phillips, Kirby Myhill, Samson Lee and Rhodri Jones giving the region's exciting young talent in Ryan Elias, and Myhill's younger brother Torin who takes his place as replacement hooker, an opportunity to shine.

Scott Williams leads an unchanged backline with last weekend's Man of the Match Rhys Priestland taking the helm at outside half after a strong performance against regional rivals Ospreys.

Scarlets Head Coach Wayne Pivac said: "This weekend's game is massive and I don't think that any one game has more importance over the other in the next month of PRO12 rugby.

"Every PRO12 game, the next three or four especially, are just massive. We've got to get points out of all games. On the road for us a minimum would be a bonus point out of them. We go to Glasgow off the back of the Ospreys game full of confidence and going there to try and get maximum points.

"A lot of team have good home records in this competition at the moment - it's very interesting.

"There's a hell of a lot of rugby still to be played in the competition. The way it's headed it looks like it'll go right down to the wire. It's a very exciting competition, there are nine teams fighting for six European places and potentially seven teams fighting for four play-off positions.

Scarlets team to take on Glasgow, Friday 9th January kick-off 7.35pm;

15 Liam Williams, 14 Hadleigh Parkes, 13 Regan King, 12 Scott Williams ©, 11 Michael Tagicakibau, 10 Rhys Priestland, 9 Aled Davies, 1 Rob Evans, 2 Ryan Elias, 3 Jacobie Adriaanse, 4 Jake Ball, 5 Johan Snyman, 6 Aaron Shingler, 7 John Barclay, 8 Rob McCusker

Replacements: Torin Myhill, Wyn Jones, Peter Edwards, George Earle, Lewis Rawlins, Gareth Davies, Steven Shingler, Jordan Williams

The following players are unavailable for selection: Connor Lloyd (knee), Ken Owens (neck), Richard Kelly (arm), Phil John (knee), Harry Robinson (groin), Kristian Phillips (suspended), Emyr Phillips (shoulder), James Davies (ankle), Rory Pitman (neck), Rhodri Jones (shoulder), Kirby Myhill (pec), Samson Lee (neck), Rhodri Williams (calf).